Java Developer Jobs in Belfast

Java Developer
County Antrim > Belfast

As of 2 May 2025, there is not enough information available from job vacancies posted within the last 6 months to determine the median Java Developer salary in Belfast.

6 months to
2 May 2025
Same period 2024 Same period 2023
Rank 23 58 33
Rank change year-on-year +35 -25 -1
Permanent jobs requiring a Java Developer 7 6 69
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Belfast 3.66% 1.18% 9.26%
As % of the Job Titles category 3.95% 1.23% 9.79%
Number of salaries quoted 0 5 65
10th Percentile - - £37,500
25th Percentile - £53,750 £42,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) - £60,000 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year - +20.00% +15.61%
75th Percentile - £77,500 £62,500
90th Percentile - - £81,250
County Antrim median annual salary - £60,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +20.00% +15.61%

All Permanent IT Job Vacancies
Belfast

For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent IT job vacancies in Belfast. Most job vacancies include a discernible job title that can be normalized. As such, the figures in the second row provide an indication of the number of permanent jobs in our overall sample.

Permanent vacancies in Belfast with a recognized job title 177 486 705
% of permanent jobs with a recognized job title 92.67% 95.48% 94.63%
Number of salaries quoted 49 247 394
10th Percentile £42,000 £30,000 £31,475
25th Percentile £47,500 £38,000 £37,250
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £57,276 £50,000
Median % change year-on-year -3.97% +14.55% +5.26%
75th Percentile £87,500 £69,900 £62,500
90th Percentile £100,000 £88,500 £68,375
County Antrim median annual salary £55,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year - +10.00% +11.11%

Java Developer
Job Vacancy Trend in Belfast

Job postings that featured Java Developer in the job title as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in Belfast.

Job vacancy trend for Java Developer in Belfast

Java Developer
Salary Trend in Belfast

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Java Developer in Belfast.

Salary trend for Java Developer in Belfast

Java Developer Skill Set
Top 30 Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast

For the 6 months to 2 May 2025, Java Developer job roles required the following skills and capabilities in order of popularity. The figures indicate the absolute number co-occurrences and as a proportion of all permanent job ads across the Belfast region featuring Java Developer in the job title.

1 7 (100.00%) Java
2 6 (85.71%) Apache Hive
2 6 (85.71%) Kafka
2 6 (85.71%) Apache Spark
3 5 (71.43%) Hadoop
3 5 (71.43%) Big Data
3 5 (71.43%) Low Latency
3 5 (71.43%) Multithreading
3 5 (71.43%) Finance
3 5 (71.43%) Apache
3 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 5 (71.43%) Linux
4 4 (57.14%) OOP
4 4 (57.14%) OOA/OOD
4 4 (57.14%) OO
4 4 (57.14%) J2EE
4 4 (57.14%) MySQL
4 4 (57.14%) OOD
4 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
4 4 (57.14%) Sybase
4 4 (57.14%) Hibernate
4 4 (57.14%) Scrum
4 4 (57.14%) Spring
4 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
4 4 (57.14%) Java EE
4 4 (57.14%) Agile
4 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
4 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
4 4 (57.14%) Spring Boot
4 4 (57.14%) Concurrent Programming

Java Developer Skill Set
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in Belfast by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 6 (85.71%) Apache Spark
2 5 (71.43%) Apache
3 1 (14.29%) Oracle SOA Suite
Database & Business Intelligence
1 6 (85.71%) Apache Hive
2 5 (71.43%) Big Data
2 5 (71.43%) Hadoop
3 4 (57.14%) MySQL
3 4 (57.14%) SQL Server
4 1 (14.29%) HBase
4 1 (14.29%) Impala
4 1 (14.29%) NoSQL
Development Applications
1 1 (14.29%) Git
1 1 (14.29%) JIRA
General
1 5 (71.43%) Finance
2 1 (14.29%) Banking
2 1 (14.29%) Inclusion and Diversity
2 1 (14.29%) Law
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 6 (85.71%) Kafka
2 4 (57.14%) Hibernate
2 4 (57.14%) J2EE
2 4 (57.14%) Java EE
2 4 (57.14%) Spring
2 4 (57.14%) Spring Boot
3 1 (14.29%) Apache Avro
3 1 (14.29%) JSON
Miscellaneous
1 4 (57.14%) Product Ownership
2 1 (14.29%) Distributed Systems
2 1 (14.29%) Greenfield Project
Operating Systems
1 5 (71.43%) Linux
2 1 (14.29%) Unix
Processes & Methodologies
1 5 (71.43%) Low Latency
1 5 (71.43%) Multithreading
2 4 (57.14%) Agile
2 4 (57.14%) CI/CD
2 4 (57.14%) Concurrent Programming
2 4 (57.14%) Continuous Improvement
2 4 (57.14%) Design Patterns
2 4 (57.14%) OO
2 4 (57.14%) OOA/OOD
2 4 (57.14%) OOD
2 4 (57.14%) OOP
2 4 (57.14%) Scrum
2 4 (57.14%) Software Engineering
3 1 (14.29%) Analytical Modelling
3 1 (14.29%) Mentoring
3 1 (14.29%) SOA
3 1 (14.29%) Storyboarding
3 1 (14.29%) Use Case
Programming Languages
1 7 (100.00%) Java
2 5 (71.43%) SQL
3 1 (14.29%) Shell Script
System Software
1 1 (14.29%) HDFS
Vendors
1 4 (57.14%) Sybase
2 1 (14.29%) Oracle